- Date
- November 25, 1981
- Place
- Corpus Christi, TX · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8882YPiper PA-39
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811125075879A
- Case key
- 123309
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2601 81/11/25 CORPUS CHRISTI,TX PIPER PA-39 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 4423 TIME - 1912 N8882Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 930 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FESTUS,MO CORPUS CHRISTI,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STRUCK TRANSMISSION WIRES DRG FORCED LNDG AT NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8882Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8882YRegistration cancelled May 16, 2013 · Piper PA-39Airframe modelPiper PA-39Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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